Government Chapter 2

A basic principle affirmed in the Declaration of Independence is that government should ________.

• be led by enlightened rulers

• guarantee economic equality for all

• abolish all forms of aristocracy

• be based upon the consent of the governed

An important accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation was that it

• created fair policies for settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• developed a national court system.

• stopped the ability of states to charge tariffs on goods imported from other states.

• strengthened the national government’s ability to levy and collect taxes.

The Declaration of Independence states that all people have basic human rights that are derivedfrom __________.

• representative government

• the laws of nature

• culture and tradition

• the monarch’s consent

Colonists valued limited government because they

• believed monarchs should have absolute power over their people.

• did not accept the concept of a representative government.

• thought people should be protected from punishment by an unjust government.

• thought that order could be maintained without a government.

The Virginia Plan proposed a weaker executive branch than the New Jersey Plan.

• True

• False

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could borrow money and levy taxes.

• True

• False

How did Congress function under the Articles of Confederation? Select ALL that apply.

• Each state had one vote in Congress, no matter its population.

• Each state had two votes in the Senate and one or more votes in the House of Representatives.

• Congress could pass laws only with the consent of all thirteen states.

• Congress and the president had equal responsibility for running the national government.

The Three-Fifths Compromise lasted until the Fourteenth Amendment declared that everyone would be counted as a whole person.

• True

• False

The Magna Carta recognized the principle of limited government because it

• established a system of checks and balances in Parliament.

• guaranteed the right to a fair and speedy trial.

• restricted the power of the monarchy.

• stated that everyone was equal under the law.

Benjamin Franklin and the majority of other framers thought that the constitution created by the assembly was "near perfection as it does".

• True

• False